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APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 6, i916.

1,212,093. Patented Jan. 9,1917.

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' AMELIA Morten, on NEW YORK, n. Y.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 9, 191 *7.

Application filed September 6, 1916. Serial No. 118,662.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AMELIA Monsn, a citizen. of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Doll, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to games and toys and has particular reference to figure toys, such as dolls.

Among the objects of the invention is to provide a novel construction of doll having improved facilities for assemblage, making a lighter and stronger construction than other moderate priced dolls heretofore proposed.

Another object of the invention is to provide a doll construction that is calculated to add materially to the attractiveness of the device as a plaything.

With the foregoing and other objects in view' the invention consists in the arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed, and while the invention is not restricted to the eXact details of construction disclosed or suggested herein,

still for the purpose "of illustrating a, practical embodiment thereof reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which like reference characters designate the same parts in the severalviews, and in which Figurc 1 is a perspective view indicating one type or species of doll; Fig. 2 is a simi lar view showing a diiferentform; Fig. 3 1s a vertical. transverse section through the central portion of Fig. 1; Fig. i is a vertical sectional view on the line it of Fig. '3'; and Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view similar to Fig. 3, but showing the construction of the doll of Fig. 2.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, and especially to Figs. 1, 3, and L, I provide a doll having a body 10 of hollow spherical form, said body having a large central opening 11 at its lower end. The head 12 is shown as spherical and hollow for the accommodation of a loose pebble 13 forming the head into a rattle. The two legs 14 extend loosely through the opening 11 and are pivoted at their upper ends upon a cross bar 15 extending entirely through the hollow body 10. The ends of the bar which project beyond the body are covered or guarded by means of two cupshaped projections 16 fastened upon the outer surface of the body and simulating, at least to the satisfaction of a child, the figures arms.

within a limited are as permitted by the periphery of the opening 11. Each leg is provided with a flat foot 17, upon either of which the doll may stand erect, suiiicien friction being inherent in the joint where each leg is pivoted upon the cross bar, to

hold the weight of the figure erect. The legs indicated are not jointed between the bar and the feet.

The head may be secured to the body in any suitable manner, but preferably I use for this purpose a neck stem 18 of tubular form and having its lower end secured to the cross bar 15, said bar passing transversely through a hole in said lower end of the stem.

The structure ofFigs. 2 and 5 is mechanically identical with that of Fi 1, but having a somewhat different appearance, the body 10' in this form being bell-shaped and being intended to simulate a female figure. The lower portion of the body 10 is pro vided with a horizontal diaphragm 10 having a central opening 11 through which the legs let pass and operate substantially the same as in the other form of the device. All the other features referred to are substantially similar and are correspondingly indicated.

I claim:

The herein described figure toy comprising a hollow body, a hollow head, a stem connected to the head and extending thence into the body and serving to hold the head in place, a loose pebble within the head, a pair of legs, and a transverse member connecting said legs at the lower end of the stem and serving to hold the stem in place.

AMELIA MORSE.

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The pivotal means for the legs provides that the legs may swing 

